[Iscool]

Someone is going to pay for this healthcare...That's an American given...

Wal-Mart hire millions of 'part time' employees to avoid paying any benefits...That includes insurance and unemployment benefits...

We're going to pay for healthcare thru higher prices, or higher taxes...That's a given...

I'd just as soon have the choice of paying or not paying...If I don't buy, I don't pay sounds better to me...Just like the 'fair tax' everybody seems to like lately...

This is a great country...It costs to do business here...

[L98Fiero]

"Wal-Mart hire millions of 'part time' employees to avoid paying any benefits..."

BS. Fact: Wal-Mart offers affordable health care coverage to both its full and part-time associates.

http://www.walmartfacts.com/newsdesk/wal-mart-fact-sheets.aspx#a22

[Hendrix]

"Someone is going to pay for this healthcare"

That someone should the recipient of the healthcare, but the socialist legislatures don't understand this simple free market concept.

You seem to imply that you are ok with this law. If so, I think you are on the wrong board. People seem to forget that old Europe has these same types of "costs of doing business" (too generous of benefits, etc.) and the unemployment there is double digits. Governments cannot force costs on businesses without dire economic results.

[One Proud Dad]

Trust me I am no fan of Wal-Mart, but once Padora's Box is open what other kind of assinine laws will be see targeted at specific retailers who are just smarter than their competitors.

[darbymcgill]

This is a great country...It costs to do business here...

And then people wonder why companies outsource... They wonder why everything they buy is made in China, and why when you call computer support it rings in India or Pakistan.

This ain't rocket science.... it's just business...

[Gabz]

What's not so funny is that this will be rolled into the statistics on both alchohol and smoking deaths.

So does every other retailer in the country. Why not put in place a law that mandates ALL employers spend 8% of payroll for helaht insurance, why just WalMart?????

I know the answer, I wonder if you do.

[Gabz]

My first post to you should have had this line:

Wal-Mart hire millions of 'part time' employees to avoid paying any benefits...That includes insurance and unemployment benefits...

Instead of what I had, apologies.

But the rest of my comments still stand.